Tina Fey

"I have to say, I'm really not that attractive. Until I met my husband, I could not get a date." - Tina Fey

Anyone who thinks funny women can't be sexy has obviously never heard of Tina Fey (which means this person also lives under a rock far, far away from 30 Rock). As the first-ever female head writer of Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey managed to pull up the show's ratings and bring back its original charm. We loved her alongside Jimmy Fallon in the "Weekend Update" segment. Tina Fey showed everyone she could do more than write sketches when she penned Mean Girls, the critically acclaimed dark comedy that brought Rachel McAdams into the spotlight and helped show critics that Lindsay Lohan could do a lot more than just Disney flicks. Tina Fey is also a writer and one of the leads in the hit comedy show 30 Rock.

In 2008 and early 2009, Tina Fey got widespread attention for her Sarah Palin impression, which she debuted on SNL. She released her first book, Bossypants, a collection of autobiographical essays, on April 5, 2011, which went on to sit atop The New York Times Best Seller list for five weeks.

SEX APPEAL

It's got to be the glasses. Those shapely specs are like twin-lens veils that hide the hot woman underneath the nerdy front. Who knows what kind of wild woman lurks beneath that coy exterior? Tina Fey insists that they're for her astigmatism, but we're not fooled that easily. She's got an adorable smile, and the bottom line is, who can resist a cute and funny woman?

Tina Fey has been married to composer Jeff Richmond since 2001. They have one daughter, Alice, who was born in 2005. They live in New York City.

SUCCESS

Being funny will get you far in North America. Our hunger for entertainment is boundless and the lineup of drivel on television often feels like an all-you-can-eat buffet that leaves you hungry again two hours later. However, Tina Fey cooks up a mean main course, which is why she's so loved.

Besides being SNL's first female lead writer, Tina Fey may in fact be the first of the show's writers to become a celebrity. Her name is well-known enough to headline her own sketch shows and the movies she's written, as was the case for her popular two-woman act Dratch & Fey and the hit movies Mean Girls and Baby Mama. It's no wonder she won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on the wildly popular TV show 30 Rock (for which she also writes). Now she's a bona fide author, with the release of her memoir, Bossypants.

Tina Fey Biography

Elizabeth Tina Fey was born on May 18, 1970, in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. Coming from a diverse background (her mother is Greek, her father German-Irish) she grew up with multiple influences, humor among them. Her mother's biting wit pushed Tina to start making snappy remarks when she was just a kid. But both parents loved comedy and they watched funny movies and TV shows with Tina all the time.

A self-described "supernerd," Tina Fey wrote a humor column for her high school newspaper while taking part in the drama club and the choir. She reserved her smart-ass remarks for the popular crowd, the kids who glorified their own boozing and sleeping around.

tina fey joins second city

Tina Fey studied drama at the University of Virginia, graduated in 1992 and moved to Chicago. Her goal was to join the elite Second City comedy troupe, which had been the breeding ground for such past Saturday Night Live greats as John Belushi, Chris Farley and Bill Murray. She failed her first audition for the selective Second City Training Center in 1994 and took a job at the YMCA until, eight weeks later, she tried again and got it.

Second City honed Tina Fey's talents as a writer and performer for several years, sharpening her improvisational skills in particular. In 1995, scouts for NBC, who were looking for fresh talent for SNL, called upon Second City and were impressed by Tina Fey. Her friend Adam McKay was a writer himself and he invited Tina to send in some sketches for review. Shortly thereafter, she went to New York and met SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels, who was instantly smitten and gave her a job the following week.

tina fey on saturday night live

After a few years writing for the show, including the recurring parodies of Live with Regis and Kelly and The View, Tina Fey was named head writer for SNL, becoming the first woman to occupy that position.

Not long after that, she made her debut in front of the camera, cohosting "Weekend Update" with Jimmy Fallon. It became their permanent gig and many lauded it as the best incarnation of "Update" ever.

tina fey writes mean girls

One of Tina Fey's most successful independent undertakings was writing a screenplay based on a book that had been receiving a lot of attention. Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends & Other Realities of Adolescence by Rosalind Wiseman reminded Tina Fey of the backstabbing and conniving girls of her high school. Adding some of her comedic spins, she wrote the screenplay for the hit movie Mean Girls (2004), which starred Lindsay Lohan.

tina fey on 30 rock, wins emmys

After writing for SNL for nine years, Tina Fey left her post at the variety show in 2006 and went on to create her own television show, 30 Rock. As creator, writer and one of the leads, Tina Fey acted alongside Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, and Judah Friedlander. In both 2007 and 2008, 30 Rock took the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, and in '08, Tina Fey won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

tina fey's sarah palin imitation

During the 2008 presidential election, Tina Fey made several popular guest appearances on SNL playing the role of Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate. The resemblance between Fey and Palin was remarkable and Fey nailed her imitation of the Alaska governor-turned-international celebrity.

tina fey wins golden globe

In 2009, Tina Fey received a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy for her work on the hit show 30 Rock. She also came in at No. 97 on AskMen's Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2009.

tina fey publishes bossypants

In early 2010, Fey received another Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Lead Actress -- and 30 Rock was renewed for the 2010-2011 season in March 2010.

On April 5, 2011, Tina Fey released her first book, Bossypants, a collection of autobiographical essays.

tina fey in Date Night

Tina has been starring in a number of feature films recently, such as Date Night with Steve Carrell and Megamind an animated film co-starring Will Ferrel.

The 30 Rock star has two daughters with her husband Jeff Richmond, to whom she's been married since 2001. In 2007 and 2009, Time magazine listed her in their Top 100 most influential people and in 2011, Forbes listed her as television's highest paid actress.